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Destinations
With Quarantine Rules Lifted in Many Caribbean Islands, Is U.S. Tourism Set to Return?
As professionals teed off at Port Royal Golf Club, the air rippled with a strange sound not heard at such events since the spring—a polite golf clap from a smattering of fans. The 2020 Bermuda Classic, which concluded last week, was the first PGA event since the onset of Covid-19 to allow a gallery because the virus is almost entirely contained amid the country’s 65,000…
— Barron's
Travel to Morocco: 8 Best Places to Visit in Casablanca
The biggest city in Morocco and the country’s economic capital, Casablanca has many places to visit during your travel to…
— Morocco World News
Tours and Activities
Which Christmas markets are still going ahead?
There's nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. While these events can be traced back to Vienna -- the city's first recorded December market was in 1298 -- the tradition has spread across the world over the…
— CNN
Cruise
5 reasons why cruising is the best way to plan an international vacation with kids
Here are 5 reasons why booking a cruise may be the easiest way to travel with your kids…
— The Points Guy
Why Silversea Cruises is a unique cruise brand
Silversea Cruises’ Roberto Martinoli tells Sandra Speares why he is confident about the cruise brand’s ability to resume safe operations in the wake of the…
— Cruise & Ferry
Transportation
Canada says airline aid contingent on refunding customers
Canada's government will soon announce aid for the country’s airline industry but the help will be contingent on carriers providing refunds to passengers whose flights were cancelled, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said…
— ABC News
United is bringing back food, beer and wine. Here's what is (and isn't) on the pandemic menu at US airlines
The airline will start selling beer, wine and food on select flights from Denver as it brings back in-flight service reduced during the…
— USA Today
Austrian Airlines Moving Forward With Mandatory COVID Tests
Austrian Airlines has announced that it will be moving into the second phase of its mandatory coronavirus testing pilot program. The scheme will see it become mandatory for passengers on certain Austrian flights to produce a negative COVID-19…
— Simple Flying
Lodging
Hotels.com, Expedia provider exposed data for millions of guests
The hotel industry now has a potentially serious security headache on its hands alongside the pandemic. Website Planet reports that Prestige Software, the channel manager that links hotel reservations to sites like Hotels.com, Booking.com and Expedia, left data exposed for “millions” of guests on an Amazon Web Services S3…
— Engadget
Battered by COVID-19, hotels pitch themselves as remote workspaces
The hotel industry is eager to get guests back in its empty rooms. Hotels and resorts are pitching themselves as remote…
— USA Today
Other and Odd
U.S. Tourists Head to Countries With Eased Travel Restrictions
Travelers from the U.S. are flocking to destinations that have eased restrictions on who can enter as Covid-19 cases surge throughout the…
— The Real Deal
New American Airlines policy may effectively ban motorized wheelchairs on regional jets
American Airlines is reviewing a policy change this summer that may have banned travelers from bringing many motorized wheelchairs on its regional jets…
— The Dallas Morning News
Today in History
The Berlin Wall
Revolution was in the air, but this time, the sentiment was for the West. On November 9, 1989, after weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced that its citizens could visit the West without fear of reprisal. Mass crowds of East Germans began climbing onto the wall. Many crossed over - others began to destroy the edifice. During the years from the erection of the wall in 1961 to its fall, approximately 5,000 people attempted escape with the death toll from border guards estimated at…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
Failure 101: 9 tips to help you tank your travel practice
by John Frenaye
Monday November 09, 2020
As we all know, we need to be on our “A-Game” as we navigate and come out of this pandemic. Some of us will not make it. At TRO, we have tried to highlight different tasks, concepts, best practices and thoughts to help you come out on top. But today, I want to flip that narrative and give you 9 surefire ways to end up on the bottom. Success is hard. Failure is easy. Here’s how to do it.
Chase Someone Else’s Definition of Success
If you allow someone else to define your success you will fail. Congratulations! Mom and Dad may have wanted you to be a legal scholar; but it doesn’t interest you. You be you. Define your own success and the odds are in…
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
Would You Call This a Slump?
by Richard Earls
Monday November 02, 2020
Slump? I ai n't in no slump... I just ain't hitting. ~ Yogi Berra
I hope nobody told you the travel business was easy.
For the next year or more, we will all be pulling out of a slump of a magnitude we still cannot truly comprehend. By any measure, the challenges we will face will be not merely difficult, but nearly astronomical in proportion to anything like it we have ever seen. I can only see one…
— Travel Research Online
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Understanding all the Benefits of Trip Cancellation Insurance
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 12 pm EST/9 am PST
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